| | |endowment=$19.3 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValues319.pdf|title=2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments|accessdate=November 20, 2012}}</ref> | | |endowment=$19.3 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValues319.pdf|title=2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments|accessdate=November 20, 2012}}</ref> |
| − | '''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the third oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]] and [[College of William and Mary|William and Mary]]). Its endowment of $16 billion is second to Harvard overall (although Princeton has more per student). | + | '''Yale University,''' located in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], is the third oldest university in the United States (after [[Harvard]] and [[College of William and Mary|William and Mary]]). Yale is one of the most [[liberal]] schools in the [[Ivy League]], known in particular for its radical [[feminism]] and its promotion of the [[homosexual agenda]]. [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] and [[Bill Clinton]] are graduates of its law school. |
| | There are numerous components, including the undergraduate '''Yale College''' and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as world-famous professional schools of Law, Medicine, Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies. Management, Music, and Public Health, along with many research centers. | | There are numerous components, including the undergraduate '''Yale College''' and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as world-famous professional schools of Law, Medicine, Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies. Management, Music, and Public Health, along with many research centers. |
| | Yale College was founded in 1701 to train ministers; after the Civil War it became the first university in the United States to award a Ph. D. degree. The University was given its name to honor benefactor Elihu Yale, who donated a substantial amount of goods for sale and books during the early years of the institution, which was then named the Collegiate School. It is a member of the [[Ivy League]], and, with Harvard and [[Princeton University|Princeton]], part of the group known as the Big Three or HYP, which are associated both with academic excellence and with social prestige. | | Yale College was founded in 1701 to train ministers; after the Civil War it became the first university in the United States to award a Ph. D. degree. The University was given its name to honor benefactor Elihu Yale, who donated a substantial amount of goods for sale and books during the early years of the institution, which was then named the Collegiate School. It is a member of the [[Ivy League]], and, with Harvard and [[Princeton University|Princeton]], part of the group known as the Big Three or HYP, which are associated both with academic excellence and with social prestige. |